The third Steering Committee meeting of the Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation will take place in Rovaniemi, Finland on 12 April 2018. Together with the European Commission and the Lapland region, it will be organised a 1-day event on 11 April to discuss possible synergies and complementarities between Interreg Europe projects and the strategic partnerships for industrial modernisation.

As a part of the European Industry Week the WATIFY campaign and its Europe-wide network of stakeholders will organise the European Technology Transformation Week from 19-23 of February 2018. The week will aim to stimulate the digitisation and uptake of advanced technologies by European SMEs that form the backbone of the European industry.

The JRC is organising from 24 to 26 January 2018 in Ispra (IT) the event "Macro-Regional Innovation Week" with a focus on Science and Technology (S&T) Knowledge for Policy Support and Collaboration within the EU Macro-Regions linked and the Western Balkans and with a special emphasis on the Smart Specialisation and S&T Support to Policies (agriculture, environment, energy and transport, and biotechnologies).

WATIFY, a European Commission-funded initiative aimed at supporting EU efforts to stimulate the modernisation of Europe’s industries, is very pleased to invite you to participate in upcoming webinars in January 2018!